Former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly Breaks from Trump on Border Wall, Immigration Policies

Speaking at Duke University, Kelly most notably diverged from his former boss on matters of immigration.

Kelly made clear that he does not agree with the administration’s decision to declare a national emergency to obtain funding for the border wall, saying “we don’t need a wall from sea to shining sea.” While Kelly said there are areas where a border wall would in fact be effective, he called a border wall spanning the entire U.S.-Mexico border a “waste of money.”